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j\ j) a y — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 
A. With four barbels. (Pachystomus.) 
1. Bamlius (Pachystomus) n ratio. 
Cyprinus rerio, Ham. Bach., Fish. Ganges, pp. 323, 390 ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, 
p. 406. 
Perilampus striatus , McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 290, 397, pi. 46, fig. 1, (from IT. B. 
MS.) 
Sa/riUns rerio , * Giinther, Catal., vii, p. 292. 
Danio lineatus, Day, Free. Zool. Soo„ 1808, p. 198, and 1869, p. 378. 
Poncha-geraldi. Uriah. 
B. III. D. 2/7, P. 13, Y. 8, A. 3/12, C. 19, L. 1. 26—28, L. tr. G. 
Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/4, height of body 1/4, of dorsal fin 
2/13, of the total length.— Eyes : diameter nearly 1/3 of length of head, 1/2 
a diameter from end of snout, and 1 diameter apart. Lower jaw the long- 
er; rostal barbels short, maxillary ones reaching the opercle.— Teeth : 
pharyngeal, crooked, pointed, 5, 3, 1/1, 3, 5.— Fins : dorsal commences oppo- 
site the anal, and slightly before the middle of the total length ; dorsal and 
anal highest anteriorly ; caudal deeply forked. Lateral line : absent. 
Colours': about four metallic blue lines along the sides and forming three 
bands on the caudal fin. Dorsal with a blue edging. Anal with three 
longitudinal blue bands. 
Hab. — Bengal and Madras, attaining to about 2 inches in length. 
Hamilton Buchanan and McClelland give 17 rays as existing in the anal fin. 
2. Bamlius (Pachystomus) piscatobitjs. 
Opsari'iis piscatorius, McClell., Cal. Joura. Nat. Hist. 11, 1842, p. 582. 
Barilius albumus , Gunther, Catal., vii, p. 289. 
Chari , Panj. 
B. III. D. 2/7, P. 16, Y. 9, A. ?==?, C. 19, L. 1. 42, L. tr. 8/4, 
Vert. 16/23. 
Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 
length.— Eyes : diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. 
The posterior extremity of the maxilla extends to beneath the middle of the 
orbit ; lower jaw slightly the longer. Third suborbital bone twice as deep 
as the uncovered portion of the cheek below it. Humeral process very 
short. Itostral barbels nearly half as long as the head, maxillary pair very 
short. — Teeth: pharyngeal, crooked, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Fins : doisal higher than 
long, commencing midway between the posterior edge of the orbit and the 
root of the caudal, its last two rays being over the anal ; pectoral not quite 
so long as the head; caudal deeply forked.— Colours : ten dark bands 
descend from the back to the lateral line ; fins yellowish, the edge of the 
caudal stained greyish. 
jpdb. Rivers in the Sub-Himalayas and Ganges, where it attains above 
five inches in length. Also Nipal and Sikkim. It does not appear im- 
